# Ricky Sahu

> Ricky Sahu is the co-founder and CEO of GenHealth.ai and a co-founder and former CEO of 1upHealth. A University of Virginia graduate with a systems engineering and economics background, he previously worked at Google and Promediacorp and was CareJourney’s first employee and engineering leader. His public work includes programming answers, open code and advice on product testing, technical hiring and team communication.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at GenHealth.ai
- **Organizations:** GenHealth.ai, 1upHealth, Inc., CareJourney, Promediacorp, Google
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Systems Engineering & Economics, University of Virginia
- **Known for:** Co-founded 1upHealth in 2017., Co-founded GenHealth.ai in 2023., Was the first employee and an engineering leader at CareJourney.

## Career timeline

- **2005–2009** — Studied at the University of Virginia.
- **Before 2017** — Worked on Google Apps for Business support automation and demand forecasting; subsequently built machine-learning and crowdsourcing tools at Promediacorp.
- **Before 2017** — Became CareJourney’s first employee and engineering leader.
- **2014** — Shared a Selenium-based JavaScript web crawler in a public programming discussion.
- **2017** — Co-founded 1upHealth and served as CEO.
- **2022** — Publicly identified as 1upHealth founder and CTO; discussed coding, user testing and management in published contributions.
- **2023** — Co-founded GenHealth.ai; became CEO.
- **2026** — Announced GenHealth.ai’s $16.5 million Series A, with reported total company funding of $30 million.

## Achievements

- Co-founded 1upHealth in 2017.
- Co-founded GenHealth.ai in 2023.
- Was the first employee and an engineering leader at CareJourney.
- Built and publicly shared seleniumjscrawl.
- Contributed 44 answers on Stack Overflow; profile displayed approximately 24,800 reputation and estimated reach of six million at review.
- GenHealth.ai announced a $16.5 million Series A led by Flare Capital in September 2026.
- Listed among guest speakers and mentors in MIT’s 2023 entrepreneurship program publication.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced a $16.5 million Series A for GenHealth.ai led by Flare Capital, with Craft Ventures and Obvious Ventures participating again; reported total funding of $30 million and a team of more than 20.

## Links

- Website: https://genhealth.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricky-sahu
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rickysahu
- GitHub: https://github.com/rickysahu

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Last updated: 2026-10-26